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GARDNER cox, or IPWIERPONT, NE w YORK. Lam Patent No. 53,044, datedOctober 13, 1868.

IIVCPROVEMEN'I IN WATER-WHEELS.

The Schedule referred to in theselC-etters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GARDNER 00x, of Pierpont,in the county of St. Lawrence, and State of New York, have invented anew and improved Water-Wheel; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable thoseskilled in the art to'make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to a new and improved waterwheel, of thatclasswhich are secured to a vertical shaft, and consequently rotates ina horizontal plane.-

The invention consists in a peculiar construction of the buckets, and anovel application of them to the wheel, whereby a large percentage ofthe power of the water is obtained.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings.

Figure 1 is a vertical central section of my invention, taken in theline it x, fig. 2.

Figure 2, a plan or top view of the same, partly in section, asindicated by the line 1 y, fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents a suitable base, in which the lower part of the wheel isfitted and works.

B is the shaft of the-wheel, the lower end of which is stepped in across-bar, O, fitted in the under surface of the base, and the upper endof said shaft having its bearing in a cross-bar, D, which is secured tothe upper ends" of standards E E, attached to opposite sides of thebase. (See fig. 1.)

The wheel is composed of a hub or body, F, having buckets G attached toits exterior.

This hub or body has a concave periphery, as 'shown' clearly in fig. 1,so that the hub or body gradually decreases in diameter, in a curve fromits upper to its lower end.

The buckets Gare composed each of three parts, a b c, the upperandlouger parts, a, being inclined at an angle of from fitteen to twentydegrees with a horizontal plane, or the plane of rotation of the wheel,while the lower parts b are inclined; in the opposite direction, andabout at the same angle, the two parts a b being connected by the partG,'whicl1 is a quick curve, forming nearly asemicircle, as shown in fig.1.

The lower portions of these buckets, which include the parts b c, aresimilar to those now employed inthe ordinary turbine water-wheels, theextension or prolongation of the upper parts a, and the gradualincrease.v of the buckets from their upper to their lower ends, causedby the concave exterior of the body F, constituting one portion of myimprovement.

The lower part of the wheel is fitted and works within the base, A, asshown in fig. 1, and the upper part of the wheel is encompassed by twofixed annular plates H H, placed one above the other, between whichthere are secured vertical fixed plates I, the latter having'atangential position relatively with the wheel, as shown clearly in fig.2.

The spaces between the plates I, form chutes J, through which the wateris admitted to the wheel, and in these chutes, gates K are placed, andwork on rods d, the outer parts of the gates being connected by pivots cto plates K, above or on the upper surface of the top plate K, thepivots e passing through oblong ciu'ved slots j, in the top plate H,which slots are parts of circles,'having the rods (1 of the gates ascentres.

. L is a sleeve, fitted on the wheel-shaft B, so that it may be raisedand lowered thereon.

This sleeve is connected to a lever, M, the ends of which are fitted inthe standards E E, as shown clearly in fi 1.

N represents arms, one end of which is connected to the sleeve L byjoints g, and the opposite ends connected, by joints h, to the plates K.

By this arrangement, it will be seen that the gates K may be opened andclosed by adjusting the lever M.

By having the buckets G constructed and applied to the concave exteriorof the hub or body F of the wheel, as shown and described, the fullbenefit of the force of the impact of the water is obtained, and alsothe force or'power due to the gravity of the water in its discharge fromthe wheel, the gradual expansion of the buckets admitting of the freedischarge of the water, so that the latter cannot serve as a drawback tothe wheel.

I claim as new, and desire .to secure 'by Letters Patent- The buckets G,composed of three parts, a b 0, arranged. as shown, when said bucketsare attached to the concave periphery of the hub or body F of a wheel,as and 'for the purpose herein set forth.

GARDNER COX.

Witnesses:

MARTIN WELOH, z FRANCES L. WELOH.

